CBS’s “CSI” and “Eleventh Hour” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, January 22, 2009 with 17.6 and 12.3 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Thursday evening with approximately 14.4 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
17,572,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
14,432,000

3
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
12,314,000

4
BONES
FOX
9,976,000

5
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
9,487,000

6
OFFICE
NBC
8,756,000

7
CSI – THU 8P SPECIAL(S)-01/22/2009
CBS
8,523,000

8
E.R.
NBC
7,654,000

9
BONES SP-1/22 9P(S)-01/22/2009
FOX
7,549,000

10
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,497,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 22, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.8 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 10.5 million average viewers. FOX and …

CBS’s “CSI”, “CSI-8PM Special” and “Eleventh Hour” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 24.2, 15.5 and 13.2 million viewers Thursday, January 15, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
24,246,000

2
CSI – 8PM SPECIAL(S)-01/15/2009
CBS
15,515,000

3
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
13,159,000

4
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
13,099,000

5
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
8,494,000

6
OFFICE
NBC
8,491,000

7
E.R.
NBC
6,950,000

8
30 ROCK
NBC
6,634,000

9
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,147,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL 1/15(S)-01/15/2009
NBC
5,991,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 15, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 17.7 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 9.3 million average viewers. NBC and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 6.9 million and 4.6 …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
FEDEX BCS NATL CHAMP(S)
FOX
Thursday
26,767,000

2
FOX NFC PLAYOFF-SAT(S)
FOX
Saturday
23,776,000

3
AFC DIV-PLF-POST-GAME-SU(S)
CBS
Sunday
21,348,000

4
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
Tuesday
19,617,000

5
NCIS
CBS
Tuesday
19,103,000

6
TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL(S)
FOX
Monday
17,056,000

7
60 MINUTES
CBS
Sunday
15,032,000

8
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS(S)
NBC
Sunday
14,860,000

9
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
Thursday
13,866,000

10
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
ABC
Sunday
13,787,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 5, 2009 – January 11, 2009)

FOX’s “FEDEX BCS National Championship Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for January 8, 2009. The show drew just over 26.8 million average viewers Thursday night.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was the second-ranked program with almost 13.9 million average viewers, and CBS’s “CSI” rounded out the top three with just over 11 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
FEDEX BCS NATL CHAMP(S)-01/08/2009
FOX
26,767,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
13,866,000

3
CSI
CBS
11,004,000

4
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
8,977,000

5
CSI: NY THURSDAY 8PM SP(S)-01/08/2009
CBS
8,569,000

6
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
7,645,000

7
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,535,000

8
E.R.
NBC
7,342,000

9
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
5,601,000

10
30 ROCK
NBC
5,373,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 8, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night …

CBS’s “CSI”, “Eleventh Hour,” and “Survivor: Gabon” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, December 11, 2008.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
20,857,000

2
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
13,400,000

3
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
13,047,000

4
E.R.
NBC
9,035,000

5
OFFICE
NBC
8,760,000

6
30 ROCK
NBC
7,379,000

7
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,548,000

8
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
6,255,000

9
SECRET MLNR SP-12/11 8P(S)-12/11/2008
FOX
5,402,000

10
KATH & KIM
NBC
5,377,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 11, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 15.8 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 7.7 million average viewers.  ABC and FOX claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.2 million and 5 million average viewers.  Univision and the CW followed in fifth and …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Gabon” were the number one-ranked and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, November 13, 2008.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was sandwiched in between the two, in secone place.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
19,050,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
14,902,000

3
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
12,885,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
11,627,000

5
E.R.
NBC
9,900,000

6
OFFICE
NBC
8,296,000

7
UGLY BETTY
ABC
8,247,000

8
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
7,968,000

9
30 ROCK
NBC
7,602,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
7,045,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 13, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 14.6 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 10.4 million average viewers. NBC and FOX
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 8.0 million and 4.7 million average viewers,
respectively. …